9th Air Force
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Clayton S Abraham
Military
Assigned to 573BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany. Shot down by Fw190's 3 miles East of Ahrweiler. Last seen dropping behind formation with both engines smoking, gear down, going into spin, crashed. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11663.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Service
Units served with
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391st Bomb Group
Group
"The heaviest losses sustained by the 391st Bombardment Group in a single operation occurred on 23 December 1944, after an attack on the railroad viaduct at Ahrweiler, Germany (11). Upon completion of the second bomb run, the formation was attacked by... -
573rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-107747
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 573BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. 51 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany. Shot down by Fw190's 3 miles East of Ahrweiler. Last seen dropping behind formation with both engines smoking, gear down, going into spin,...
Missions
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757
23 December 1944
Associated Place
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Matching
Military site : airfield
Built in 1943 as an Eighth Air Force bomber base, Matching was transferred to the Ninth Air Force and first occupied in January 1944 by the 391st Bomb Group, equipped with B-26s. The station had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two... -
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Multnomah County, OR, USA | 1922 |
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Myron H and Helen Abraham. |
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| Lived in | Oregon, USA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | Portland, OR, USA | 2 May 1942 |
| Based | Matching | 1944 – 23 December 1944 |
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Assigned to 573BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany | 23 December 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany. Shot down by Fw190's 3 miles East of Ahrweiler. Last seen dropping behind formation with both engines smoking, gear down, going into spin, crashed. KIA. MACR 11663. |
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| Buried | Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | 1945 |
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Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 12 March 2018 22:50:23 | Kauko56 | Changes to events |
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ABMC database |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 December 2016 21:56:55 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmdate.asp?thedate=441223&Submit... |
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